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Download full textLorenz, Eileen B. – 1987
Four classroom activities useful for language immersion instruction are described and specific applications and extensions are noted. All are best used to teach content and language at the same time. The first, entitled "Think-Pair-Share," is a cooperative learning technique that increases student participation in classroom experiences and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classification, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques
Montague, Nicole S.; Meza-Zaragosa, Elsa – 2000
This paper argues in favor of dual language programs over typical bilingual education programs because in the dual language program the minority language has a status equal to the majority language. Through the use of the language experience approach, this study examines the role of elicited response from a small sample of English and Spanish…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Instructional Innovation
Peer reviewedWesche, Marjorie Bingham – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1985
The potential impact of French immersion programs on English-language universities in Canada is discussed, including the demands of increasing numbers of immersion graduates for expanded, nontraditional French-language offerings. Applications of the immersion approach to university-level second language instruction are classified, particularly…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, College Second Language Programs, Comparative Analysis
Arnau, Joaquim – 1989
A study analyzed and compared the classroom interactional strategies of two teachers of Catalan immersion classes and one teacher of Spanish as a native language in Spain at the kindergarten level. The theoretical framework guiding the study is based on analysis of the native-speaker/non-native-speaker distinction. Two comparisons were made: (1)…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis
Snyder, Barbara, Ed. – The OMLTA Journal, 1984
The journal includes nine articles on the theme of a world view of foreign language teaching. They are: "The Foreign Language Articulation Task Force Survey: A Report" (Reid Baker); "Report of the Ohio Foreign Language Task Force" (Barbara Snyder); "The Akron Story Part I: Summer Foreign Language Camps" (John D. Durden and Sandra K. Strauber);…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Audiotape Recordings, Audiovisual Aids, Class Activities
Freeman, David; And Others – 1986
Tucson, Arizona's Sunnyside School District pilot bilingual education program is described. The program was begun in 1985 to help prevent academic failure in limited English-proficient, high academic risk students. The pilot program offered sheltered immersion instruction in biology and United States history for language minority students with a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Biology, Classroom Techniques
Christian, Donna; And Others – 1997
This monograph discusses issues in the design and implementation of two-way immersion, or two-way bilingual education programs, and describes three exemplary programs. An introductory section examines briefly the rationale for two-way immersion and the extent of its use in the United States. Three school program profiles follow: (1) Francis Scott…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Organization, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
